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Have you ever tasted your pet's food? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by over_clox to c/asklemmy

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Looking past the recent vegan drama, have you ever wondered why your pet might not like particular foods? Have you ever actually tasted the food yourself?

I have, and some taste more like a chemistry lab than actual nutrition.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Literally everything you taste or smell is a chemical. Taste and smell are just biological chemical detection systems.

Preference for taste varies by individual. Every family has that one weirdo who likes black jellybeans. I don't understand it, and those people are actually members of my own species. You're taking a sample size of one hominid and one canid and saying that since you agree, this taste is objectively bad. Do you honestly think the manufacturer invested in marketing this product without ever giving it to a dog? Is it possible that there are things your dog likes that you wouldn't like, and vice versa? It just seems like you're leaping to a lot of conclusions here, like you started out with a conclusion and are trying to prove it. That is not good science.

[–] over_clox 1 points 3 months ago

It's not exactly a 'science' to figure out when your pet refuses to eat a particular food. It just makes me curious, like what is he actually experiencing when he tastes the foods he don't like.

There are a plethora of other pet foods out there, I'm not gonna force him to eat anything he don't like. If he doesn't like a particular food, and I think it tastes horrible as well, then maybe just maybe the dog has a point, certain foods taste terrible.